Lt. Speer Quotes in City Heat (1984)

Mike Murphy: [Speer has silently entered Murphy's office] I didn't hear you knock, Lieutenant.

Lt. Speer: What a relief. I thought I must be going deaf.

Mike Murphy: [the phone rings again after Murphy hangs up on his girlfriend, but Murphy makes the mistake in thinking it is his girlfriend calling him again] Ok, I'll come over and buff your body and put a nice glow to your cheeks.

Lt. Speer: And I'll bring a nice foot to your ass.

Addy: [she and Speer are sharing a drink from a bottle of illegal booze labeled furniture polish] Wow! This really is furniture polish!

Lt. Speer: Shocking what Prohibition causes some people to drink these days.

Lt. Speer: How about a fast game of sleeper?

Poolroom thug: Never heard of it.

Lt. Speer: Well, it's simple. You go ahead and make your shot and I put you to sleep.

[cracks Poolroom thug in the head from behind with pool cue, knocking him unconscious]

Primo Pitt: [referring to the briefcase Murphy's holding] He says there's a bomb in there.

Lt. Speer: [looks at Murphy] Is there?

Mike Murphy: Well, two sticks of dynamite and a hand grenade.

Lt. Speer: [pause, then] What were you gonna do after you dropped it?

Mike Murphy: I don't know, Ollie.

Mike Murphy: [after a gun battle] Look, do me a favor, don't save my life anymore!

Lt. Speer: My pleasure.

Lt. Speer: It wouldn't break my heart at all to scrape the street clean of your ilk. You know what an 'ilk' is, don't ya Dub?

Dub Slack: A big deer?

Lt. Speer: Yeah. Now if I catch you loitering around my precinct again I'm gonna shoot me an ilk, do you understand?